{"id":649309,"date":"2025-08-26T19:06:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/-649309\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T19:06:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:36:31","slug":"ganesh-utsav-banned-during-british-rule-the-history","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/ganesh-utsav-banned-during-british-rule-the-history-649309\/","title":{"rendered":"Ganesh Utsav Banned During British Rule \u2013 The History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html amp=\"\" lang=\"en\"><head><meta charSet=\"utf-8\"\/><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1\"\/><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0.js\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0\/amp-story-1.0.js\" custom-element=\"amp-story\"><\/script><link 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0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.566343em;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">Ganesh Utsav Banned During British Rule \u2013 The History<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:5.58252%;top:98.54369%;width:48.54369%;height:2.91262%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:1% 1% 1% 1% \/ 11.11111111111111% 11.11111111111111% 11.11111111111111% 11.11111111111111%\" id=\"el-0ce32355-f97a-432c-8af0-ddcd6ca7a70b\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:1.0470000000000006% 0;font-family:&quot;BioRhyme&quot;,serif;font-size:0.194175em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">DEEPANSHU 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